Yearly Archives: 2014
What can we expect from summer gasoline prices?
Look for pump prices to run about 6 cents higher than last summer and typically range between $3.45 and $3.90 per gallon.
Smithsonian celebrates Star-Spangled Banner bicentennial beginning June 14
WASHINGTON — Notable celebrities are supporting the National Museum of American History in celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Star-Spangled Banner.
Artists such as Aloe...
Congress reforms inland waterway infrastructure act
The new legislation is being hailed for addressing the need to improve the U.S. inland waterways system. The impact for farmers is huge: More than 60 percent of the nation’s grain exports are transported by barge.
Mothers and mothering
Mother’s Day was this month and advertisers went nuts lauding mothers with a push toward candy, bouquets and flowery sentiments. People waited hours in...
Carnegie Museum of Natural History acquires minerals collection
Carnegie Museum of Natural History announced the acquisition of more than 2,700 mineral specimens from private collector Bryon Brookmyer, making the museum’s collection the premier repository of Pennsylvania minerals in the world.
High oleic soybean motor oil drives innovation in market
Biosynthetic Technologies takes the next step on the road to commercialization.
Five Ohioans charged for federal crop insurance fraud
Federal investigation alleges nearly $1.6 million in crop insurance fraud.
Free webinars for water well owners
Registration is open for two free webinars on water well construction and water testing in proximity to hydraulic fracturing being offered by the National Ground Water Association.
New York renews farm protection
New York has $20.5 million available for farmland protection efforts, the first time in five years the grant program has been offered.
Nearly half of America’s youth population is a minority
Diversity is increasing among America’s youth because of unprecedented population increases of minority children, particularly Hispanic, as well as a significant decline in the number of non-Hispanic white children.
